The priests of one religion never credit the miracles of another religion. Is this because priests instinctively know priests?

When your little child tells a lie, do not rush at him as though the world were about to go into bankruptcy. Be honest with him. A tyrant father will have liars for his children; do you know that? A lie is born of tyranny upon the one hand and weakness upon the other, and when you rush at a poor little boy with a club in your hand, of course he lies.

Liberty is the condition of progress. Without Liberty, there remains only barbarism. Without Liberty, there can be no civilization.

Epithets are not arguments. Abuse does not persuade.

I am not so much for the freedom of religion as I am for the religion of freedom.

There is more real devotional feeling summoned from the temple of the mind by great music than by any sermon ever delivered.

He [The Improved Man] will enjoy not only the sunshine of life, but will bear with fortitude the darkest days. He will have no fear of death. About the grave, there will be no terrors, and his life will end as serenely as the sun rises.